State Rep. Susan DuBose, R-Hoover, announced Monday that she plans to introduce legislation that would raise the age of medical majority in Alabama to 18.

Under current law, Alabamians can make their own medical decisions starting at age 14.

“I found it crazy,” DuBose said. “We have the lowest age of any state in the nation.”

DuBose said he spoke with the state’s legal team, which found no reason for it, but said the law dates back to at least the 1970s.

The age and circumstances at which minors can consent to certain medical procedures vary by state. A few other states have ages set at 14-16. Some of these states combine other requirements with that age standard, such as emancipation, living apart from parents, or marriage. Some states do not set an age and instead rely solely on situational context, such as these.

The announcement came as part of a “Take Back Alabama” town hall hosted by Moms for Liberty Alabama, Clean Up Alabama and LOCAL. The groups announced Monday that they will form a coalition called Protecting Alabama’s Children to formally join forces because the groups generally support the same legislation.

The town hall featured DuBose, state Rep. Mack Butler, R-Rainbow City, and Katherine Robertson, chief counsel to Attorney General Steve Marshall. The panel was moderated by Emily Jones of Moms for Liberty and Allison Sinclair of LOCAL.

Butler said during the town hall that he plans to bring back the bill that prohibits the discussion or teaching of gender ideology and sexual orientation through 12th grade. Butler tried to pass the legislation last session and negotiated until the eighth-grade ban ended. He told attendees Monday that he will try K-12 classes again with a drop in health classes, something the State Board of Education is concerned about with higher grades.

“They always come after kids like lambs to the slaughter,” Butler said. “Drag queens always want to perform for children.”

In addition to the bill to raise the age of medical majority, DuBose said he would bring back the bill that defines “sex-based terms” such as male and female, mother and father. She also announced a bill to prevent transgender people from being in single-gender taxpayer-funded spaces, including college dormitories or sleeping areas on overnight trips.

There has been a lot of talk about mental health counselors in public schools and how they might talk about gender identity and sexual orientation to children.

Robertson said parents now have to opt-in to allow their child to access these mental health services, though there are still some ways other mental health resources could be mandated for all students as part of the curriculum that doesn’t involve counselors.

Jones said she pulls her child out of school once every two weeks to prevent him from participating in a group counseling session that promotes “social-emotional learning.”

While these groups have been heavily involved in action against library books they deem inappropriate, none of the current lawmakers support the bill to charge librarians with misdemeanors, and there has been little discussion on that front.

Butler said he sometimes feels like “we the people are at war with the federal government,” falsely stating that the federal government would not allow Elon Musk’s Starlink internet devices to be provided to hurricane victims.

Butler also said Alabama should ignore a federal court ruling calling for Secretary of State Wes Allen’s reversal of a program to remove more than 3,000 voters from the rolls within 90 days of the election.

“They are forcing us to add illegals back to the voter rolls,” Butler said. “I personally think we are a sovereign state and we should stand up against them.”

Evidence presented to the court showed an error rate of more than 60 percent in Allen’s program, leaving scores of citizens who are eligible to vote off the rolls.

The legislative session begins in February.